North-Eastern Federal University

Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU)
Северо-Восточный Федеральный Университет им.М.К.Аммосова (СВФУ)
Established August 23, 1956 (Yakutsk State University was established)
April 2, 2010 (North-Eastern Federal University)
Rector Evgenia Isaevna Mikhailova
Students 16 000
Location Yakutsk, Russia
Website http://www.s-vfu.ru/en

The Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU, (in Russian: Северо-Восточный федеральный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова) previously known as Yakutsk State University (Якутский государственный университет имени Максима Кировича Аммосова), is the largest higher education institution in the Russian northeast and it is one of the ten federal universities of the nation. NEFU has four campuses with the main located in Siberia's Yakutsk and others in Chukotka's Anadyr, Mirny, and Neryungri.

The official name is Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education.

History

NEFU was officially established in April 2010 on the basis of Ammosov Yakutsk State University, the university with 75 years history.

The university holds the name of Maksim Kirovich Ammosov, an outstanding statesman of Soviet Yakutia, the son of the Sakha nation and one of the founders of Yakutia and Kyrgyzstan statehood.

Recent reforms in the Russian Federation created a new network of federal universities. This trend towards integration and modernization in higher university education is typical of many countries. As international experience shows, additional financial support from government promotes the high quality of education and higher performance in international rankings. The North-Eastern Federal University is to become a strategic center for the formation of a common cultural, scientific and educational space, based on the values of indigenous culture of the peoples of the northeast of Russia, providing quality personal education in a multiethnic environment.

The NEFU development program towards the year 2020 was approved by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on October 7, 2010. The following priority areas were identified:

In all areas of university activities large-scale transformations have been initiated, primarily to create a unified scientific and methodological foundation. A comprehensive plan for the transition to a two-level system of education, scientific and methodical aspects of basic educational programs has been developed, innovative Master’s programs are ready for implementation, and all education departments are being restructured.

Academics

Institutes[1]

Faculties

Branches

Research

Institutes[2]

There are five research institutions including:

Traditions

Awards

Community Engagement[4]

Notable Alumni

  1. Evgeniya Mikhailova
  2. Georgy Balakshin
  3. Viktor Lebedev

Contacts

58, Belinsky Street, Yakutsk

Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 677891

e-mail: oip-yakutsk@mail.ru - International Office

References

  1. "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. "Miss Mercy". Yakutia Today. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  4. "Institutes and faculties — NEFU". s-vfu.ru. Retrieved 2016-08-18.

Coordinates: 62°01′17″N 129°42′38″E / 62.02139°N 129.71056°E / 62.02139; 129.71056

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